Pediatric critical care study guide: text and review

This is the first comprehensive study guide covering all aspects of pediatriccritical care medicine. It fills a void that exists in learning resources currently available to pediatric critical care practitioners. The major textbooksare excellent references, but do not allow concise reading on specific topicsand are not intended to act as both text and study guide. There are also several handbooks available, but these are usually written for general pediatric residents and lack the advanced physiology and pathophysiology required for thehigher level pediatric critical care practitioner. True compendium of all that is needed to know in pediatric critical care. Clear and concise presentation of key clinical information. Of use to all staff within the pediatric critical care unit. INDICE: 1.Fundamentals of Gas Exchange and the Assessment of Oxygenation and Ventilation. 2.Oxygen Delivery and Oxygen Consumption in Pediatric CriticalCare. 3.Hemodynamics. 4.Regional Circulations. 5.Assessment of CardiovascularFunction. 6.Overview, Structure and Function of the Nephron. 7.Physiology of skeletal muscle and the neuromuscular junction. 8.Assessment of Neurologic Function. 9.Endothelial Interactions and Coagulation. 10.The Inflammatory Response. 11.Genetic Predisposition to Critical Illness in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. 12.Conventional Mechanical Ventilation. 13.Non-Conventional Mechanical Ventilation. 14.Mechanical and Electrical Myocardial Support. 15.Renal Replacement Therapies and other Extracorporeal Therapies. 16.Pharmacology. 17.Cardiovascular Drug Therapy. 18.Sedation and Analgesia. 19.Neuromuscular Blockade. 20.Use of Blood Products. 21.Nutrition in Critical Illness. 22.Upper Airway Obstruction. 23.Severe Asthma.

• ISBN: 978-0-85729-922-2
• Editorial: Springer London
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 909
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés